Originally Posted by Diggy18
I was wondering about a MTB (diamonback outlook). I just had the bike tuned, and now the front brake seems to have a little more stopping power to it. I don't actually know what the mechanic did. Tomorrow I'll have to try out locking up the front wheel again.
The whole reason I brought this up was, that I was under the impression that if I couldn't lock up the wheel, then the brakes must not have enough stopping power and that they needed to be readjusted.
actually they should grab hard, very hard, but not lock up. I have an outlook as well, and what should happen is the fork should drop signifcantly, and you feel the back tire lose some traction at most. Anything more is not really a good thing unless you are all about tricks...and really, the outlook is not the best choice to be doing stunts on...it's a light duty trail bike, not a freestyle BMXer. In all truth, I felt the level f urban irding i gave my outlook was a bit much...given it still rides fine, but I know i've hit the limits of it a few times, and I'm not even some super fit competiton type...just a fat guy with decent leg power
